Venturi heads for Detroit Buick Open in 1967
Ken Venturi sails toward the Buick Open in Detroit aiming to sharpen his game for the National Open at Baltusrol. He reports improved distance and accuracy after overcoming a past circulatory problem in his hands and plans to tune up in the Buick Open, with 536 players in sectional qualifying and 27 exempt from it.
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San Francisco
Ken Venturi
Detroit
Venturi
Baltustol
Ken
California Club
Baltusrol Golf Club
Springfield
N.J
Jack Nicklaus
Julius Boros
Gary Player
Billy Casper
Arnold Palmer
Dave Marr
Phil Rodgers
Bobby Nichols
George
Golf qualifiers set across seven sites today and Tuesday
Wes Archer Ellis Doug sana ders Mason Rudolph amateur John Miller Don January Ben Hoga Rod Funseth Rives Mee Bee amateur Bob Murphy Frank Beard Gay Brewer Bob Goalby Bert Yancey RH Sikes Chi Chi Rodrigues and Gene Littler listed among players. Qualifications will be held at seven sites today Denver Chicago Kansas City metropolitan New York Cincinnati Portland Memphis. Tuesday sites are Los Angeles San Francisco Washington Atlanta Detroit Pittsburgh Dallas.
Damascus Wins Belmont Stakes Boosts 3-Year-Old Title Race
Damascus earned 104,950 dollars after a 2:28 4-5 Belmont Stakes victory, likely targeting the Leonard Richards Stakes at Delaware Park on June 17. Trainer Frank Whiteley Jr. plans the 1 1 2 miles race before aiming at Chicago autumn riches, with rival Dr. Fager pursuing the Saranac or the Arlington Classic.
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Orlo Robertson
New York
Damascus
Leonard Richards
Delaware Park
Dr. Fager
Frank Whiteley Jr
Laurel, Md
Daemascus
Chicago
Aqueduct
Arlington Park
Dasmascus
Bill Shoemaker
Albuquerque Dodgers top Arkansas in Texas League 6-3
Albuquerque pitcher Mike Kekich threw a complete game to beat the Arkansas Travelers 6-3 in a Texas League contest. Arkansas had 12 hits but failed to overcome Kekich as Albuquerque took control with a three-run seventh inning and extended its position in the division.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Arkansas Travelers
Mike Kekich
Arkansas
Dodgers
Willie Crawford
Don Williams
Bill Sudakis
Joe DiFablo
Mel Corbo
Sudakis
Austin
Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs
Eit Amarillo
el Paso
Amarillo
Dallas - Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth
DiFabio
Cecil
Hamente
Procopio
Kekich
Valles
Appeals Likely After Speck Murder Verdict
Peoria AP report notes potential long appeal path if Richard Speck is sentenced to the electric chair after a jury of seven men and five women convicts him of eight murders. The panel returned the verdict on April 15 for killings in a townhouse dormitory last July 14.
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F. Richard Ciccone Peoria
Richard Speck
Speck
Cook County
Gerald W. Getty
Getty
Corazon Amarac
Peoria Counery
Peoria
Chiscago
Negro Lodge 43 Meets with Officer Election Planned
Keystone Lodge Number 43 will hold its regular meeting Tuesday June 6 1967 at the usual meeting place All members are asked to be present and on time Election of new officers will take place H Washington W M Coming and Going Mrs Mattie Hill and Mrs Tommie Epps traveled to Fort Smith Arkansas Friday May 26 to attend Grandson James F Hendrix graduation They visited Mrs Sammie Hendrix and her sister Mrs J L Council and family Williams Rites Funeral services for Mrs Dorthy Williams were to be held Monday Haynes Chapel Baptist Church with Hicks Funeral Home Inc in charge Surviving are her husband Dorie Williams six children her parents Mr and Mrs Horace Horton two sisters Mrs Bobbie Jean Vickers and Janie Mae Horton five brothers Horace Horton Jr Calvin of Kalgingtoo Mich John Earl Jacke and Charles Horton all of Hope
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Keystone Lodge
H. Washington
W. M
Mattie Hill
Tommie Epps
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Epps
James F. Hendrix
Hope Arkansas Minor League Results
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Indianapolis 4 Tulsa 2 Oklahoma City 8 Denver Phoenix 2 Vancouver 0 5 6 Hawaii 4 10 1 gs Portland 6 San Diego 3 Seattle 3 Tacoma 1 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Toronto 6 Columbus 4 Buffalo 4 Toledo 3 Richmond 12 Rochester 1 Jacksonville 5 Syracuse 0 Sunday Hawaii 4 1 Spokane 2e4 Vancouver 1 Phoenix 0 Tulsa 2 Indianapolis 0-2 San Diego 692 Portland 143 Seattle 6 Tacoma 2 Oklahoma City 15 Denver 4 Columbus 4-5 Toronto 27 Buffalo 543 Toledo 26 Rochester 3-0 Richmond 2-9 Jacksonville 31 Syracuse 1-2
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Ark
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Oklahoma City
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Hawaii
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San Diego
Seattle
Tacoma
Toronto
Columbus
Buffalo
Toledo
Richmond
Rochester
Jacksonville
Syracuse
Spokane
Magnolia pair win tennis title at Arkansas Junior Olympics
Wallace Story of Magnolia defeated teammate Willie Stroope 6-4 2-6 6-1 in the 17 and 18 year olds singles final and then beat Jim Stevenson and David Beachamp 6-5 6-1 with Stroope to claim the doubles. Brenda Seission Crossett won the girls singles 6-2 6-1 over Laura Bolton El Dorado.
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Texarkana
Ark
Wallace Story
Magnolia
Willie Stroope
Stroope
Story
Jim Stevenson
David Beachamp
Fayetteville
Brenda Seission
Crossett
Laura Bolton
el Dorado
Miss Bolton
Mary McKinney
Elizabeth Hall
Kathy Latimer
Horace Mann
Milton Lloyd
Little Rock Hall
Tom Bird
Wayne Dodson
Jack Cheney
North Little Rock
Jack Young
Faya Sui
Third Night of Rioting in Boston
After three nights of rock throwing looting arson and sniper fire in Roxbury Boston more than 70 injured 100 arrested and property damage in the millions. State reps urged Gov Volpe to declare the area a disaster to unlock loans and federal aid for business recovery.
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Boston
Roxbury
John A. Volpe
Royal Bolling
Michael E. Haynes
Franklin W. Holgate
Blue Hill Avenue
City Hospital
Willliam A. Bradley
Grove Hall
AP&L Plans Nuclear Plant in Arkansas
Reeves Ritchie, president of Arkansas Power and Light Co., announced plans to build a 140 million nuclear electric power generating station at one of three sites in Arkansas. The plant would be the region’s first of its kind. Potential sites include 1,100 acres between Lon ion and Russellville in Pope County on the Arkansas River, an area near West Memphis known as 40-acre Rock, and an area on the White River between DeValls Bluff and Auguste.
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Little Rock
Reeves Ritchie
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Arkansas
Ritchie
Middle South
Lonion
Russellville
Pope County
Arkansas River
West Memphis
Israel Loss of Faith in United Nations Stirs Debate
Israel’s UN faith wanes over stalled Middle East crisis. Ambassador Arieh Eshel, deputy director general in the foreign ministry, told a Little Rock audience that the UN Security Council must satisfy the United States Soviet Union Israel and the United Arab Republic or Israel will not concede. Eshel blamed unilateral aggression by Egypt’s Nasser and warned a forceful response could be possible if arms were forced, citing the Gulf of Aqaba blockade as vital to Israeli lifelines.
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Little Rock
United Nations
Middle East
Israel
Arieh Eshel
Foreign Ministry
UN Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
United Arab Republlic
Eshel
Ira E. Sanders
Rabbi Emerius
Congregation B’nai Israel
UAR
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Esher
Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Attorneys Plan Appeal for Officer Levy Bail
Captain Howard B. Levy an Army doctor was sentenced to three years in prison for disobedience and disloyalty and was led from the court martial to a stockade at Ft. Jackson. His lawyers plan to seek bail this week with an appeal to the Army secretary. Levy refused to train Green Beret medics and spoke against U S involvement in Vietnam. His Brooklyn parents visited before returning home.
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Columbia
S.C
Howard B. Levy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ft. Jackson
Levy
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Seymour Levy
Charles Morgan
Atlanta
American Civil Liberties Union
Army
Canada first national park created in 1880s size
The World Almanac notes that in the 1880s Canada set aside 260 square miles as its first national park. Since then the park system has expanded to 29,200 square miles, roughly the area of South Carolina.
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Canada
World Almanac
South Carolina
Baptist Revival At First Baptist Church
Angel Martinez revival at First Baptist Church draws large crowds with about a dozen decisions for Christ. Pete Nunez led singing as sermons focus on Psalm 23 and John 3 16 explaining salvation and the cost on Calvary. Services run nightly through next Sunday with morning worship at 10 o clock starting Tuesday. Killed In Car Bike Collision in Waldo Ark Fred Polling 34 dies after collision with driver Joseph Pennington of McNeil blamed for passing on the right shoulder on US 62 three miles east of Waldo.
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Angel Martinez
First Baptist Church
Christ
Pete Nunez
Nooneyes
David
Martinez
Evangelist
Calvary
Jesus
Tleubnit
Nagareth
Waldo, Ark
Cole Heaton
Fred Polling
Waldo
Joseph Pennington
McNeil
Columbia County
Pennington
U.S. 62
Poling
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